Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Ezekiel 32:27-32 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

27. They were not given a proper burial like the heroes of long ago, who were buried with their swords under their heads and with their shields over their bodies. These were the heroes who made their enemies panic.

28. You Egyptians will be cruelly defeated, and you will be buried beside these other godless soldiers who died in battle.

29. The graves of kings and leaders from Edom are there. They were powerful at one time. Now they are buried in the world of the dead with other godless soldiers killed in battle.

30. The graves of the rulers of the north are there, as well as those of the Sidonians. Their powerful armies once terrified enemies. Now they lie buried in the world of the dead, where they are disgraced like other soldiers killed in battle.

31. The Lord God says:When your king of Egypt sees all these graves, he and his soldiers will be glad they are not the only ones suffering.

32. I sent him to terrify people all over the earth. But he and his army will be killed and buried beside other godless soldiers in the world of the dead. I, the Lord God, have spoken.